FREE Music and Arts Event
Belmont Porchfest
Saturday September 9, 11-6pm
(rain date: Sunday Sep 10)
(rain date: Sunday Sep 10)
Belmont Porchfest is scheduled for September 9, 2023. Our website will be updated July 1, 2023
BELMONT PORCHFEST IS A PROUD PARTICIPANT OF THE MASS CULTURAL COUNCIL'S CARD TO CULTURE PROGRAM
We are proud to participate in the Card to Culture program, a collaboration between Mass Cultural Council and the Department of Transitional Assistance, the Women, Infants & Children (WIC) Nutrition Program, and the Massachusetts Health Connector, by broadening accessibility to cultural programming.
Belmont Porchfest welcomes everyone to our free one-day music and art event.
This year the performances included:
Jazz, Italian music, Turkish music, blues, rock, Latin acoustic, a cappella, folk, a reading by a local author, an exhibition by a visual artist, pop, brass, portraits by an anime artist, sea shanties, classic dad rock, Americana, a harpist, Cajun/Zydeco, the Marching Band, a HONK band, and a flutist playing Disney tunes.
Thank you for another fantastic year, Belmont!
In 2022, we had
81 performances on
65 porches and at Town Green.
There
were 420 total performers, 112 of whom were students.
There
were 42 volunteers, 20 of whom were students and 22 were adults.
2646 people participated in Porchfest
Fun
facts from our post-event survey:
94%
of you feel increased connection to friends and neighbors whom you saw during
88%
of you feel increased goodwill toward Belmont residents in
99%
of you feel increased pride in
97%
of you feel sponsoring Belmont Porchfest reflects positively on our sponsors
(contact us NOW if you want to sponsor us next year).
62%
of you say you have increased confidence in your ability to create
74%
of you have increased desire to create
(IF
you participated in the Art Project, those numbers go up to 65% and 84%,
respectively) to the future HONK dancer, just show up the first Sunday of
the month or check here: Schoolofhonk.org
This
year's NPS (Net Promoter Score) is 86 which is good but not good enough. If you didn't give us a 10, tell us why! Better yet, join our committee today to put your spin on Belmont Porchfest 2023
71
people completed our
THANK YOU TO
EVERYONE WHO MADE PORCHFEST HAPPEN!
Especially our Sponsors:
ANNE MAHON
BELMONT CULTURAL COUNCIL
PROTOBI
THE UNIVERSALIST UNITARIAN CHURCH
for making Belmont Porchfest Possible
and our SUPPORTERS:
Adine Photo
Belmont Media Center
Belmont Farmers' Market
Belmont Frame and Art
Belmont Woman's Club
East Coast Chip Keys
Iggy's Bread
Sara McCabe Communications
Star Market
The Spirited Gourmet
and to the cadre of fabulous volunteers who also made Belmont Porchfest possible:
Adine Storer
Alia George
Allen C.
Beth Tierney
Casey Williams
Elizabeth Goss
Evelyn Corsini
Jen Brett
Laila Al-Shaar
Lilly H.
Mary Bradley
Maribel Carvajal
Mario A.Pita
Molly Aalyson (and Chris)
Patty Hurley
Sara Smith
Sara McCabe
Sue Morris (and Carole)
Val Krempus
AND A HUGE THANK YOU TO JULIE CHOI FOR LEADING THE COMMUNITY ART PROJECT!
And to Kirk Israel for creating and managing the website
A Porchfest Story
Although Porchfest is free, there are costs associated
with making it safe, fun and comfortable.
Please consider donating:
with making it safe, fun and comfortable.
Please consider donating:
Questions? Read the FAQs, ask a friend, ask on our FB page, and, as a very last resort, drop a ♪ note to t BelmontPorchfest@gmail.com
This program is supported in part by a grant from the Belmont Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.Also by Anne Mahon, Protobi, and the UU